Jake Chervinsky

Jake Chervinsky is a lawyer who has become one of the crypto industry's leading policy voices in Washington. He is the founder and CEO of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, a research and advocacy organization launched in 2026 with backing from the Hyper Foundation to push for clear US rules on DeFi and perpetual derivatives. He previously served as chief legal officer at Variant, chief policy officer at the Blockchain Association, and general counsel at Compound Labs, where he helped pioneer the "progressive decentralization" playbook that shaped how DeFi projects approach regulation. He began his career at Baker McKenzie and later practiced crypto securities litigation and enforcement defense at Kobre & Kim, and he is a longtime board member of the DeFi Education Fund.

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